Un-electrified villages to be ‘lightened up’ under various schemes: Govt
Jammu: Minister for Power Development Department, Dr Nirmal Singh Friday informed the House that all un-electrified/partially un-electrified habitations in the state have been identified for complete electrification under DDUGJY and PMDP schemes. The Minister, while responding to a question said that un-electrified/partially un-electrified habitations of Noorabad constituency figure in Block Damhal Hanjipora and Qazigund […]
35 mini HEPs under implementation: Govt
Jammu: Minister for Science & Technology, Sajad Gani Lone Friday informed the Legislative Assembly that Government is committed to harness the available hydro potential of the State by building Micro/Mini/Small projects in a systematic manner. He said 35 such projects have been identified and awarded to various Independent power Producers under “Hydel Policy 2011” adding […]
JDA retrieved 15000 kanals of land, says Dy CM
Jammu: The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh Friday informed the Legislative Council that so far more than 15000 kanals of land has been retrieved from the encroachers despite tough resistance and JDA is putting every effort to check the encroachments by launching anti-encroachment drives on regular basis. The Deputy Chief Minister was responding to […]
J&K Bank Sr President given warm send-off
Jammu: J&K Bank gave a warm send-off to its Senior President Abdul Rashid, who attained superannuation on January 31, after serving for almost four decades in the bank. The farewell was attended by the Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmad along with Executive Presidents Vagish Chander Presidents, Vice-Presidents and other senior officers of the bank. […]
Minister for effective implementation of Common Services Centres scheme
Jammu: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali Friday called for putting in concerted efforts to expedite effective implementation of Common Services Centres (CSC) scheme in the state. The Minister stated this while chairing a meeting with the concerned officers here today. The meeting was attended […]
Govt sets the ball rolling for Panchayat polls
New Delhi: Over 40,000 personnel of the central paramilitary forces will be deployed to provide security for the upcoming panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. They said the Union Home Ministry, on the request of the state government, has decided to deploy 300 companies of various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the […]
Thinking about AFSPA revocation unrealistic, says CM
Jammu: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the situation is not conducive to revoke the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). “The situation on ground does not allow revoking AFSPA,” Mehbooba said in the assembly. She said that it is highly unrealistic to think about the revocation of AFSPA. She said in past, […]
India’s wish of forcing Kashmiris into submission will remain unfulfilled: JRL
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Friday defied the restrictions and tried to march towards Shopian to express solidarity with the bereaved families who lost their beloved ones in forces firing recently. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik had called for ‘Shopian Chalo’ today and had […]
Restrictions imposed in Shopian, Srinagar parts
Srinagar: In wake of the “Shopian Chalo” march called by the joint resistance leadership (JRL), authorities on Friday imposed restrictions in south Kashmir’s Shopian district and parts of Srinagar city. Official sources said that restrictions under Sec 144 CrPC have been imposed in Shopian district on the movement of vehicles and people. They said that […]
Omar seeks constitution of SIT to probe Shopian incident
Jammu: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah demanded the constitution of a high-level special investigation team (SIT) to probe the killings of three people in firing by security forces when a convoy was attacked by stone-pelters in Shopian district. “It will be my humble request to you to constitute high- level special investigation team (SIT) to […]